Star Ring

For half an hour, Lin Tian lay on the ground motionless. If this had happened on the street, he would have been taken to the hospital by passersby or an ambulance long ago. But now, nobody did anything. Although there was a commotion coming from the hallway outside his dormitory room, besides him, there was no one else in Lin Tian's room!

"It wasn't a dream after all! Looks like I had a lucky day!" Lin Tian opened his eyes, ignoring the pain in his head from hitting the floor. He hurriedly raised his left hand and looked at it. The silver ring on his left index finger made him stunned for a moment, then ecstasy filled his heart! "The ring changed, this must be the bond of ownership, right?!"

For a long time, Lin Tiancai only slowly calmed his mind. Although he had confirmed that everything was real, he still felt like he was dreaming!

Lin Tian is a freshman at Haiteng University. He's unremarkable, the kind of person who would disappear in a crowd. For nineteen years, the only bright spot was during the college entrance exam when he surprisingly scored well enough to get into Haiteng University, one of the top universities in the country. His life, perhaps, would have been ordinary and uneventful, but three days ago, a "family heirloom" bought for ten yuan from a seemingly random street vendor changed everything.

Three days ago, Lin Tian had already bought the ring. But after buying it, Lin Tian threw it in a drawer. The ring was black and unattractive; wearing it on his hand would only be embarrassing. If it weren't for today when he reached into the drawer to get something and the ring got stained with blood, who knows how long it would have remained buried in the drawer!

"Wang Hao, should I thank you or hate you?!" Lin Tian lay on the bed, wearing his ring and said softly. In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the eerie scene after the ring was stained with blood and fell to the ground.

……

"To the one destined, congratulations, you have obtained the star ring I left behind. By the way, I scanned your memories before this, I hope you don't mind?" Lin Tian's consciousness appeared in an incredibly vast space. Before him was a sphere about a meter in diameter, flashing with dreamy light, making it impossible to see what was inside!

"Lin Tian was still muddled for a moment. He couldn't figure out how he had suddenly gone from his bedroom to this strange place. "Fateful encounter, this is the space of the Star Ring. You are now consciousness, and I, well, you can just call me Nameless Senior. I am just a wisp of remnant left by the main body!" An old man in a black robe on Lin Tian's left side seemed to know what Lin Tian was thinking and said faintly.

"Senior, I don't know why I'm here. What is the Star Realm?" Lin Tian came to his senses and bowed respectfully to the elder before asking.

The Black Robed Elder's voice became ethereal: "Fifty billion years have passed, and my power has long reached the limit of this plane. Three hundred years ago, my true self left this plane. When crossing planes, you can't take anything with you. I didn't have much to begin with, the only thing I possess is this Star Ring. This Star Ring contains some interesting civilizations I discovered over the years, about a hundred thousand or so. Now, this Star Ring belongs to you because if I wanted to leave something behind, I would need someone to appear here! If you have any more questions, ask them now. After that, I will completely vanish from this plane!"

Over fifty billion years, collecting civilizations, Lin Tian was stunned by the words of the old man in black! "Senior Wu Name, you said this is Xingjie? But where is that civilization?" Lin Tian hesitated. Apart from the ball in front of him, there was nothing around, let alone any signs of civilization!

The old man in black robe smiled faintly and pointed to the golf course in front of him: “Inside this, there are over 100,000 civilizations. Over 100,000 civilizations exist within a vast galaxy. Its size is no smaller than your own Milky Way.”

“Is there a galaxy in here?” Lin Tian exclaimed in shock. “It’s just a little trick, I also have the habit of collecting civilizations, so I made a star ring!” The black elder said lightly, “Although the star ring has recognized you as its master now, it doesn’t mean that you are the master of all those ten million civilizations and trillions of lives. You need to be clear about this!”

"This nameless senior, Star Ring acknowledged me as its master. What could I possibly have?" Lin Tian didn't hesitate at all and directly greeted him.

The old man in black ignored Lin Tian's directness and said, "When the Star Ring recognizes its master, you can freely enter and exit the over 100,000 civilizations I have collected within it. And every week in reality time, you will have the opportunity to resurrect once in the Star Ring world, and this resurrection can be accumulated! Inside the Star Ring world, you can learn some things, and you can also bring some things out!"

"Can you bring things out? Are there any limits?" Lin Tian's eyes lit up. "Of course, bringing things out from the Star Ring world requires energy consumption. Different things require different amounts of boundary force!"

"Limitless power? How does one obtain it?" Lin Tian frowned and asked.

“The star ring can absorb ten dimensions of energy within a day. This energy can be used to take items from the world of the star ring or directly to strengthen oneself. How you use it is up to you!” said the black-robed elder, “There are some other things, you can ask Xiaoling later. It’s a top-level brain of a twelfth-level civilization empire and is now part of the star ring. Since the star ring recognizes you as its master, it also recognizes you as its master! Xiaoling, come out and meet your new master!” The black-robed elder addressed the void.”

A small angel with fluttering wings flashed white before Lin Tian's eyes and appeared before him.

"Master, I'm Xiaoling!" the little angel said to Lin Tian in a crisp voice.

"Xiao Ling, get along well with your new master. Fate has brought us together, now that my mission is complete, it's time for me to vanish!" The old man in black robe cast one last glance at the little angel and Lin Tian, then gradually faded into nothingness, disappearing before Lin Tian's eyes!

……

In room 306.

"By the way, how do I get into the Star Ring?" Lin Tian muttered lying on his bed. "Master, you focus your divine consciousness on the Star Ring, and you can choose to enter it with your thoughts or physically enter it." Xiao Ling's voice rang in Lin Tian's mind.

"Xiao Ling, can we communicate directly through telepathy?" Lin Tian didn't speak, but thought to himself. "Yes, Master. If you want Xiao Ling to know something, Xiao Ling will know it, like the sentence just now. But if you don't want Xiao Ling to know something, Xiao Ling won't be able to!"

Lin Tian silently nodded, his mind focused on the star ring on his left hand. Sure enough, he easily discovered two choices: one was to enter the star ring with his thoughts, and the other was to enter the star ring itself. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the dormitory now, Lin Tian chose to enter the star ring, and with a thought, his figure disappeared from the bed.

"Little Ling, why has this place gotten so small?" Lin Tian appeared in a room that was only four cubic meters in size. There was no door, the walls emitted a faint white light, and in the center of the room was the one-meter diameter sphere. Little Ling fluttered its wings above the sphere.

"Master, the size of this space is determined by your divine power. Your current divine power can only support such a large place!" Xiao Ling said. "Xiao Ling, this space should be able to be used as storage space, right? How do I increase my divine power?" Lin Tian said.

"Yes, master. This space can be used as storage. There are many ways to increase divine power, such as through cultivation, gene medicine, or directly consuming boundary force to permanently increase your divine power limit!" Xiao Ling said, "Master, your current qualifications are extremely poor. It is recommended to consume boundary force to improve your qualifications first, otherwise, you will easily encounter danger!"

"Xiao Ling, how many dimensions of realm power does Xing Jie currently possess?" Lin Tian asked.

"A hundred and one dimensions, of which one hundred are left by the previous owner to you, the master. The other dimension is absorbed by the Star Ring after it recognizes its master, absorbing world power!"

"Xiaoling, can you test it for me?" Lin Tian asked. "Xiaoling has already tested it for the master. Does the master want to see the results?" Xiaoling said. Lin Tian nodded. "Show it!"

A curtain appeared in front of Lin Tian.

Cell Strength: Forty-five, Average Person: Fifty, Average Soldier: One hundred, Average Special Forces: Two hundred.

Cell viability: 43, average for ordinary people: 50, average for ordinary soldiers: 100, average for special forces: 200.

Power: 62, Average person: 50.

Lin Tian broke out in a cold sweat. Besides his divine power being slightly higher than the average person, his cell strength and cell activity were actually below average. "Xiao Ling, what are these cell strength and cell activity?" Lin Tian asked.

“The more energy a single cell contains, the stronger the cell, and the greater its external expression is in terms of greater strength, faster speed, and stronger impact resistance. The stronger the cell vitality, the stronger the ability to resist abnormal states. For example, when poisoned, those with stronger cell vitality have stronger resistance to toxins. Master, have you consumed realm power enhancement essence?”

"How much can one-dimensional energy increase?" Lin Tian asked. "One-dimensional energy can increase a little cell strength or a little cell vitality, or 0.5 points of divine power."

Lin Tian pondered for a moment: "Give me forty points each to cell strength and cell vitality, and add the remaining twenty-one points to divine power." Originally, Lin Tian wasn't planning on increasing his divine power, but suddenly he thought of a problem. If his divine power was too low, he might not be able to control the sudden surge in power!

"Good Master!" Xiao Ling said, a white light enveloped Lin Tian. After about ten minutes, the white light disappeared, "Master, it's done!" Lin Tian clenched his fist, the power coursing through him intoxicated him. The increase in divine power also made him feel like his mind had become more agile and sharp.

"Master, someone is knocking at your bedroom door!" Xiaoling said.

"Take me out immediately! The Star Ring should be able to take shape, take shape!" Lin Tian said, and the next moment he appeared on his bed. He looked at his left hand, and sure enough, the Star Ring was gone. It wasn't just a matter of shape; he felt the Star Ring had merged inside him! "Master, the Star Ring has been claimed and can merge inside," Xiao Ling's voice rang in Lin Tian's mind.

Bang! Bang! Bang! "Lao San, it's broad daylight, why are you locking the door? Aren't you researching some performing arts from Dongfang Island in there?!" Zou Yunfei's laughter filled the room from outside the bedroom door. Lin Tian got up from his bed and smiled wryly in his heart. Zou Yunfei's voice wasn't small at all, I'm afraid everyone on this floor could hear it clearly. This reputation...

He walked towards the door, and under the control of his immense strength, he managed to keep himself in check, not crushing the floor with a single step—even if he tried to, he wouldn't be able to! With 85 points of cellular strength, he was stronger than an ordinary person, but he didn't even reach the level of an average soldier!

The door opened, and Zuo Yunfei, Wei Feng, and Xiao Bai entered the room one after another. They were roommates at Haitian University, sharing a four-person dorm. Military training had just ended, and in the past month, Lin Tian and his three roommates had gotten along quite well. After all, they were all young people who would be spending the next four years of their lives together at university!

“Lao San, who did it?” Zuo Yunfei looked at all three of them with their eyes fixed on Lin Tian’s left arm. There was a narrow, long cut on his arm. Originally, Lin Tian could have directly consumed world power to heal the wound, but that would be too suspicious. The wound wasn’t small; it couldn’t recover so quickly! Besides, consuming that much world power would also be quite wasteful. So, Lin Tian didn’t let Xiao Ling heal the wound. The pain was nothing to him with his current divine power of eighty-three.

"It's nothing, I scratched myself accidentally!" Lin Tian shook his head and said.

"Lao San, you're not taking us as brothers anymore, are you? Damn it! Which son of a bitch dares to mess with our 306 people!" Left Yunfei's eyes were cold and straight. Don't look at him usually with a wretched face, in fact, he is not a simple person either. Lin Tian has always known that in this dormitory, besides him, the other three are all remarkable people. He doesn't know how the school arranged it, actually putting an ordinary person like him in the same dormitory as Left Yunfei and the others. Although Left Yunfei and the others didn't say anything at first, to be honest, Lin Tian felt a bit inferior in his heart. But now, that inferiority complex has disappeared somewhere. With the Star Ring, Lin Tian is convinced that his future will not be worse than anyone else!

“Laosan, who is it? Tell us. We from Squad 306 can't be bullied!” Wei Feng, the biggest of them all, towering over 1.85 meters, said in a deep voice. “The wound on your arm was made by a dagger, I won't mistake that. Laosan, you don’t usually carry daggers, do you?”

"Is it Wang Hao?" Xiao Bai said calmly. Lin Tian lightly nodded his head: "It wasn't him who did it personally, but the person who ordered it was him."

"Lao San, we're the ones who owe you an apology. That Wang Hao kid didn't expect to be so ruthless. He couldn't handle us and actually went to you for help!" Wei Feng slammed his fist onto the edge of the bed's railing, the heavy force instantly bending the steel pipe.

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